Financial convergence in transition economies: EU enlargement

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 95-114

  Gallizo, José Luis ^a   Saladrigues, Ramon ^a   Salvador, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; dynamic factor analysis; EU enlargement; financial convergence; financial ratios; financial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953841707     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X460307     Document Type: Article

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